Raid will work with different driving speeds [gig hd] [drive speed]

2011-06-21 / Hardware / 0 Comments

Q: I have two Maxtor 60 gig HD. One is 7200 and the other 5400. I asumming it would work, but what would be the preformance? Would it be better for them as master / slave?

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Dynamic disk equivalent in NT? [gig hd] [dynamic disk]

2011-06-09 / Operating Systems / 0 Comments

Q: My C: drive is 4 gigs and from the area. I want another 4 gig HD add, but I want some of the c: drive.

ie August 1 gig I would like to see c:

possbile?

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Restored ghost file, Windows freezes at welcome screen [gig hd] [file windows]

2011-05-29 / Operating Systems / 0 Comments

Q: OK, I pulled 40 Gig HD and created ghost file from my desktop computer. I then took a new 120gig HD and restored the image to the HD and put the HD back into the laptop. when I boot freezes at the Windows Welcome screen where you would select users. wtf?

things note:
yes I have remade the partition active
i the image twice and tried to restore 3 times the same . results
it happens in safe mode and check well
tried disk

does anyone have any idea how

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What are the symptoms of the IDE controller problems? [hd maxtor] [gig hd]

2011-04-18 / Computer Help / 0 Comments

Best Answer: It could be the power supply as suggested which may have been stripped if you purchased the computer used. Also it could be an overheat problem. Windows monitors errors and warnings which the administrator can use to diagnose such problems. Go to your control panel, administrative tools, Event Viewer or use the run [...]

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Dell OptiPlex GX1 HD problem . Help! [dell optiplex gx1] [gig hd]

2011-01-08 / Computer Help / 0 Comments

Q: I have a Dell OptiPlex GX1 with a Pentium II 400. I tried to install a 20 Gig HD. I keep getting a “Primary Hard Disk Drive 1 not found error. Now it will not even detect the old 6.4 Gig HD.

The error I can continue to use the F1 key, and the OS loads, but there is a significant delay during POST.

I type IDE device set to Auto in the BIOS. Any other ideas about what is going on?

Thanks!
Nate

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Can not boot from HD, based on my skull [hard disk failure] [gig hd]

2010-10-24 / Computer Help / 0 Comments

Q: This is probably a very simple problem which I will look like a TOTAL n00b, but here goes:

Ive got this WD200 20 gig HD, that gives me a sample headache.

Ill start from the beginning. I was not one of my computers to recognize and boot properly. I got “Primary Hard Disk Failure” messages from some BIOS, and others completely ignore. I was able to recognize it as a slave on one of my XP machines, I unleashed on Partition Magic and was able to finally find the Linux parti

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Need help, I formatted and now I have more problems than previously. [hp brio] [gig hd]

2010-09-15 / Computer Help / 0 Comments

Q: I got my new 4 gig hd. I have an HP Brio, 433 Celeron, 160 MB RAM, sound and image on the MB. I have reinstalled W/98. I have no sound icon on my taskbar, and I have no sound. My modem does not zoom. In the Add / Remove Programs / properties, installing / removing only one item. What did I do wrong?

Thank you for your help,
Raymond

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Okay, its time to upgrade my Duron 1GHz. [48x cdrom drive] [gig hd]

2010-08-22 / Hardware / 0 Comments

Q: I have just WOW on my machine today, and finally realized that my computer is not cuttin it. It is “running” the game, but I want some better graphics. This is what I have: Abit AMD

1Ghz Duron
EDIT KT7A Motherboard
Geforce4 MX 460 977 503 320 Megs PC133 Ram
20 and a 60 gig HD (both Maxtor 7200 rpm)
Soundblaster Live! Value
Generic 48x cdrom drive
Windows professional

I XP but try to keep this cheap, I would wait until early next year, depe

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how to install grub for dual boot with WinXP? [gig hd] [boot linux]

2010-07-28 / Operating Systems / 0 Comments

Q: I have a 40 gig hd with five partitions (c, d and e, f, g);
Partition G is formatted and I wanted to install Linux. C has winXP partition (NTFS) nd D has win2k system (NTFS) now, I have a lot of articles on how to dual boot with Linux, but they all disagree on how to proceed with the installation of grub. An article would say Grup install on the MBR, and another might say to install the linux boot partition. Ive searched newsgroups and it seems that there are problems for both. What do

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adding new hardrive, Newbie to this [gig hd] [phoenix bios]

2010-06-02 / Hardware / 0 Comments

Q: adding new hardrive, this

I newbie to have a NEC P233mmx, w98, 128 ram . 2 GIG HD and many of the SW with the machine new. I also have a recovery CD, an all or nothing install.
I also have a CD burner, and a ZIP, floppie.
I also have an older Phoenix BIOS (1996.1997?) Maybe 4.05 V? that might cause me problems with a larger HD. This new machine was a P133 NOT mmx.

I have shopped for a pair of HDs, and I have several to choose from here with me. All Maxtor, a 17

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